current activities

Monthly Book Club

(fourth Wednesday of every month)

£3 per session (Includes refreshments)

Girton bookworms-6

Contact the number below for more details

Little City is an entirely mobile role play City for the under 5’s to explore, discover and enjoy. Utilising bespoke backdrops and specially selected high-quality toys and equipment, your child can fully immerse themselves in their own world.

Our children are our biggest observers: they have watched us as adults go to the supermarket, post letters in the Post Office and style our hair. At Little City they can ‘be’ grown ups: where nothing is off limits, they can be the hairdresser, the mechanic, the builder, the café owner and much, much more.

RAD Silver Swan adult ballet classes are here for you in Girton, Cambridge

BOOK HERE

​Lisa Nixon is a qualified registered teacher through bbodance and one of the first cohort to hold the much-coveted Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Silver Swan Licence for teaching ballet and repertoire to adults who want to live the dream. Qualified to teach inclusively from beginner to professional, accommodate wheelchair users and those with long term conditions.

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Lisa Studied at the prestigious Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts and Education and London Studio Centre. A gold and silver NATD trained competition medalist, she has worked as a professional dancer all over the world, toured extensively and held residencies in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Macau, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and Morocco. Lisa was a program developer for SOSA (IDTA) and was invited to stand as national representative for Para Dance UK.

Her ballet school and life-long learning classes have delivered a wide range of genres including Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Cardio Kick, Creative Choreography, Contemporary, Dance Sport wheelchair dance, Commercial dance, Flowetic®, Zumbini®, Musical Theatre, Universal Dance®, Para Dance, Bollywood, child centred PMLD dance, boot camp, resisted tension, gym instructing, Sosa Dance Fitness®, national, Latin & ballroom, ETM, Cardio Kick® Oriental belly dance, burlesque,

Bhangrafit®, aerobics, circuit, Barre Zero and Reiki 3.

Her latest CPD is based on PBT®, training.

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All classes and private sessions are delivered in a fun, inclusive, reasonably priced, low-pressure environment.

Fully insured, up to date with CPD including

First Aid and Safeguarding, Lisa holds a clean enhanced disclosure and barring certificate which is on the update system. L5: Diploma in teaching, specialism dance, bbodance

Tuesdays 10.30am Strength and Balance with Fred – These classes are a mixture of seated and standing exercises designed to improve mobility, strength and balance.

Designed to develop children’s physical skills of agility, balance, co-ordination and climbing, through the use of brightly coloured Tumble Tots equipment.

Tumble Tots offers programmes to five different age groups. It is structured according to the different ages and stages of a child’s development.

New Age Kurling is an exciting target game with teams playing a tactical game of position with the stones. The stones are on bearings and glide across the hall floor to the target.

The sport doesn’t require any physical fitness to play but exercises muscles you would not usually use. There are ’push sticks’ also available for those who have difficulty standing or bending.

It’s a fun, sociable session and good for you, too!

Stand up or sit down to have a go at this fun session of Kurling

£3 per session

Julia has been teaching yoga since 1990 and this class is suitable for beginners to the experienced.

Classes are on Tuesday mornings

9.15am starts

Join Jess for an hour of Hatha Yoga instruction.

Come and enjoy an hour of Yoga each week – breathing balancing and stretching. You all explore many asanas and poses week by week so you will learn how to do Yoga as well as experience an hour to yourself, exercising and relaxing.

Every Tuesday from 11.15am

£8 per class.

Pilates with Wendy Jane

Mondays

6pm – 7pm Mixed level class

Tuesdays 6-7pm Mixed level class

Thursdays

9.15am  Intermediate level class

10.20am Beginners class

We all want to feel better in ourselves, and Pilates can help us achieve our better selves.

So what is Pilates?

Pilates is a philosophy of well being based upon a holistic system of exercise that enhances self awareness, strength, stamina, and resilience to promote whole body health. Pilates is a way for us to optimise our personal performance.

Some of the key benefits of Pilates you can achieve with my classes:

• Improve your posture, health, and overall fitness.
• Become more flexible, and increase your strength and muscle tone.
• Strengthen and maintain a healthy spine.
• Reduce everyday pain and fatigue.
• Develop your core strength.
• Assist recovery after an injury/surgery.
• Improve your performance in sports and help prevent injury.
• Support pre/post natal care.
• Feel happier, look better and feel better!

About Wendy Jane Pilates

I am a fully qualified comprehensive Pilates matwork and studio equipment teacher.

I truly believe health and wellness start from within. This led me to focus on a more holistic approach within my work, being drawn towards a mind body approach to exercise. This is where my interest in Pilates came in.

For me Pilates is the whole package. Building flexibility, strength and stamina, whilst centring the body and mind through concentration and breath work. I would say this is my form of meditation, and I believe everyone can benefit from Pilates.

Easton Swing is a popular form of swing dancing. It is an adaptable dance and can be danced to a variety of musical styles and genres. In addition, the dance itself creates room for improvisation and interaction between the partners.

Join Lee as he leads our Tuesday evening session of West Coast Swing dancing. Whether you’re a beginner or an improver there’s something for everyone.

Tuesday 7.30pm – 10.30pm

Girton W.I. meet on first Wednesday of every month with a speaker or activity and time to catch up

A local society, affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society, for people interested in all aspects of gardening. Whether you have a tiny garden with a few pots or an extensive garden with a vegetable plot, fruit trees, herbaceous  borders and immaculate lawns we can provide something of interest for you.

Usually we have a guest speaker and the talks are always advertised in GPN. We have a break for tea and coffee and a raffle.

Members are encouraged to donate spare plants to a ‘bring and buy sale’ each month.

Newsletters include topical information about local events, open gardens, trips being run by other local garden societies and so on.

Two classes on Thursday at 7.15pm and 8.15 pm

CJ’s School of Dance are a social and medalist dancing school located in central Cambridge and we are passionate about bringing our love of dance to all you lovely adults.

Established in 1981 by Clive and Jenny Hurt, CJ’s School of Dance has been teaching Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing to hundreds of people from all walks of life. Our commitment is to offer you fun, friendly and expert tuition.

We are highly experienced and qualified teachers, and will teach Ballroom, Latin-American, Old Time (Classical) and Modern Sequence dancing to all adult age groups and to all abilities from Social Dancers and Medalists to Professionals.

((BOUNCE)) is a FUN, FRIENDLY and FIERCE workout performed on mini trampolines. Want a Fun workout, in a Friendly atmosphere, with Fierce results? Look no further! 

Classes consist of 40 minutes of choreographed cardio and 20 minutes of toning.

It’s high intensity, yet low impact and suitable for all ages, gender and fitness abilities.

It’s 3 times more effective than floor based workouts due to the gravitational pull.

Burn calories and lose weight while gaining friends and improving your fitness level.

Burning around 700 calories each session, 10 minutes at ((BOUNCE)) is the same as a 30 minute run.

Whatever your health and fitness goals, ((BOUNCE)) can help you achieve them. Anything is possible once you discover exercise that you love and can’t wait to do again! 

Why not come and give it a try and become part of the #bouncearmy! 

Our timetable:

Saturdays 9-10am – child friendly

Booking link: https://bookwhen.com/bouncecambridgewest

The Cambridge Jazz Co-op is an informal group of keen, local jazz musicians that meet on Saturday afternoons in Cambridge, England to play under the guidance and tuition of professional/prestigious jazz tutors/performers

Although each Saturday session varies, the visiting tutor will typically supply the Jazz Co-op with a couple of compositions to play through. The compositions themselves can be jazz standards but can also be compositions penned by the tutors themselves. The pieces are then performed by the Jazz Co-op with the group often playing the main theme together, followed by each of the attendees taking a solo over the form supported by the rhythm section.

The composition of the attendees varies from week to week, but usually there about 10-15 players from which a rhythm section and a front line is formed.

There is no pressure on any individual to either play the theme or take a solo – it is up to the confidence of the player concerned. The point about taking a solo is not to impress the rest of the members, but to improve one’s performance and, depending on your level, get more comfortable playing in a group situation.

New family run BOOTCAMP has arrived in Girton every

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

6.30am – 7.15am

Achieve your fitness goals in 2026

Classes suitable for all fitness levels

Guidance & Support in both fitness & nutrition

Indoor classes

Shower and changing facilities

A fitness community

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